New World Has Lost Around Half Of Its Initial Playerbase

At its peak, the game had around 913 thousand concurrent players. After only a month the player base shrunk down to 508,000 players, and in the most recent week, the player base peak at only 377,000.

Though it isn’t uncommon for games to peak at launch and lose players gradually, the big dip in New World’s number is concerning for the game’s future. It’s extra worrying considering that the game is meant to be long-lasting, with profits for the game to accumulate over time with the continued purchases of microtransactions. If the Forbes calculation holds then the game will lose around another 135,000 concurrent players and drop to around 250,000 next week.